Madame de Sevigne — Lettres de Madame de Sevigne

Paris, Chez Lefevre, 1843. First edition. Leather. A six volume set of the vivid letters of Madame de Sevigne, in the original French and first edition. A complete six volume set, being first edition copies. In the original French. Madame de Sevigne was a French aristocrat who is most remembered for her letter writing with many of her letters addressed to her daughter Francoise Marguerite de Sevigne. Her letters are celebrated for their wit and vividness. She is considered a great icon of French 17th Century literature. These volumes contain the letters of Madame de Sevigne with notes and commentaries. With a frontispiece to the first volume.Collated, complete. From the Guille-Alles Library with a bookplate to the front pastedown. In half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart with Library stickers to the spines and front boards, with a bookplate to the front pastedowns and stamps to the title pages and first pages, but not the title page of vol. 1. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages with scattered spots throughout the volumes. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .